Paper container.



A. F. RlE-TZEL.

PAPER CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- 3. 19l3.

WITNESSES Patentd Oct. 17,1916.

FACTURING COMPANI OF NEW YORK, 11'. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

PA'IPER CONTAINER.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, ADOLPI-I F. RlETZEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Westerly, in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 'in .Paper Containers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to non-metallic containers and particularly to the manner of and means for securing the heads to the body of such containers.

The invention is particularly useful a providing a means forholding in the hehdfs of containers made of paper or straw-board as in the past considerable difliculty has been experienced in attempting to secure the' heads in this type of container when the fastener itself pierces the paper forming the body proper.

The invention will be herein shown as apthe complete container will be reduced and at the same time the heads will be efliciently and effectively held in place.

I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to use in paper containers continuous stay rods or strips located on the inside or outside of the container and by means of which both heads are tied or secured to the body portion of the container, but I desire to avoid the use of such continuous stay members owmg to the lncreased amount of materialnecessary as well as the difliculty of assembling. S

The invention consists in the improved construction of container and head fastening therefor hereinafter more particularly described and then specified 'm the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical central cross-section through a paper container embodying the present invention in one of its forms. Fig. 2 is an en- Specificati'on of Letters-Patent.

Patented Oct. 1'7, 1916.

Application filed Decembr 3, 191 3. Serial No. 804,338.

larged section illustrating one of the head securing devlces. Fig. 3 is a central crosssectlon through a container embodying a modification of this invention. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section illustrating one corner of the form shown in Fig. 3. 5 is a crosssection showing a modified form of head fastener in side elevation. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing a still further modification.

The body portion of the container is preferably made up of a plurality of layers of paper superimposed on each other and -adhered'together. When the invention is applied to akeg or barrel the'body portion is in the form of a cylinder 1 formed preferably by spinning layersor strips of 'paper on a mandrel and securing them together by a suitable adhesive, the superimposed layers being pressed together whereby a very rigid wall of any desired thickness is attained. The particular manner of forming the paper cylinder constituting the body portion of the container forms no part of the present invention as any suitably formed paper body may be employed. 7

A metal band or hoop 2 located at each end of the cylinder 1 is provided with a lateral flange 3 which seats on the edge of the cylinder and protects the raw edge of the paper from becoming mutilated.

disk is preferably made up of a plurality of superimposed layers of paper adhered to each other, the disk bein provided with an annular metal rim to w ich it may, if desired, be secured in any suitable manner as by the rivets or staples 5 disposed at intervals about the rim. The head rim preferably has an inwardly projecting flange 6 which bears .on the surface of the disk 4 and an outwardly projecting flange 7 in a different plane than the flange 6, said flange 7 being'adapted to seat on the flange 3 on the end of the cylinder.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the heads are secured to the body 1 by a plurality of separate fasteners disposed at any desired intervals about the body 1. Each fastener pref-' erably comprises a U-shaped metallic strip ADOLPH F. RIETZEL, or WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 LACHMAN. MANU- which ispassed laterally from the inside I of the container through holes in the wall 1 thereof as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 1. As will be noted the legs '8 of the fastener pass through holes in the cylinder 1 formed at a distance from each other and the same are drawn throughuntil the base 9 bears against the inner periphery of the cylinder. The legs 8 are then bent upward and brought together against the outer periphery of the cylinder, the free ends being bent into hook form over the metal rim of the head. As shown the fasteners are preferably formed of flat material but any other cross-section may be employed as desired.

As shown in Fig. 5, the base of the U- shaped fastener may be extended at 11 from one side and formed into a lateral flange 10 forming a seat for the inner surface of the head disk 4.

Referring to Figs. 3 and a, the fastener comprises a single metal strip 12 the one end I in any suitable manner.

llnFig. 6 the fastener is shown as a strip of wire 15 formed similarly to the strip 12 and provided with a wire ring 16 welded to the inner end thereof and forming a seat for the disk at. v

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the various forms-as shown and described but various modifications and equivalents thereof might be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

What Tl claim as my invention is:

1. In a container, a paper body, a head therefor, a metal strip threaded through the wall of said body and lying against the inner wall thereof and means secured to said strip within said body and adapted to engage the inner surface of said head, the

outer end of said strip engaging said head opposite said means.

' 2. lln a container, a paper body, a head therefor having ametal rim adapted to seat on the end of said body, a U-shaped metal fastener threaded through the wall of said body, means secured to said fastener on the inside of said body and adapted to form a seat for said head and a flexible extension of said strip on the outside of said body adapted to engage the rim of said head opposite said means. a

3. In a container, a paper body, a head provided with a metal rim adapted to seat 011 the end of said body and a U-shaped fastener for said head, the legs of which pass transversely through the wall of said body and the ends turned over the end of the body and engaging the rim of the head.

4;. In a container, a paper body, a head provided with a metal rim adapted to seat on the end of said body and a [Ll-shaped fastener for said head, the legs of which pass transversely through said body at a distance from each other with the base of the til-shaped fastener bearing against the inner walls of said body, the legs of said fastener being brought together on the outside of said body and the ends bent over and engaging the rim of said head.

5. in a container, a cylindrical body, a head therefor-having a metal rim adapted to seat on the end of said body, and a fastener for securing said head to the bodycomprising two parallel sides passing transversely through separated holes in the wall I of said body and united by amember lying against the inner surface of the body, said sides being extended and brought together against the outer surface of the body and terminating in a hook engaging the rim said head.

Signed at Westerly in the county of Washington and State of llthode Island this first day of December A. D. 1913.

ADQLPH 1E. RYLE'JFZEL. WVitnesses:

HARRY B. Aerial), Hnnnnnr L. SMITH. 

